The Lee University women’s golf team shot a third-round 294 Tuesday at the Sevierville Golf Club’s Highlands Course and won the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate over five NCAA Division I programs and fellow Division II member Carson-Newman. Lee’s 895 total was 11 strokes better than runner-up Tennessee Tech, the tournament host, and gave the Lady Flames their third title in a row this season. Lee’s Sam Burrus, Annika Gino and Anne Hedegaard were fourth through sixth individually at 222, 223 and 226, and Caroline Moore rebounded from a 78-81 start to finish ninth at 229 with a 70 that was the best round of the tournament. Haverly Harrold was 10th at 230. Tech had three players in the top 14 and Lydia Triplett from Polk County and Hollee Sadler from Coffee County 15th and 17th at 233 and 234.
Baseball
* Lee junior Rob Gustitus was the Gulf South Conference baseball pitcher of the week for his three-hitter against Shorter in an 8-1 win Saturday. The Hawks’ run was unearned. The Flames play tonight at Trevecca Nazarene.
* With Britton Araujo, Matt Motz and Adrian Celata homering and driving in a combined seven runs, Oglethorpe won 11-8 in NCAA Division III baseball Tuesday at Covenant. Trenton Nobles hit a two-run home run and Alex Kerr a three-run double for Covenant (8-14), while Christian Murray had two hits and an RBI and Z Arima and Caleb Bloye each had two hits and scored a run.
Track & Field
* Tennessee Wesleyan junior Josh Parsons from Rhea County is the Appalachian Athletic Conference men’s track athlete of the week after doubly qualifying this past weekend for the NAIA outdoor national meet with his second-place 10.57 and 21.31 times in the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the Charlotte 49er Classic.
Softball
* Carson-Newman third baseman Katie Pritchett from Heritage High in Ringgold is the South Atlantic Conference softball player of the week after going 5-for-8 with two homers, a double, five RBIs and three runs scored. The only out she made in a Saturday sweep of Queens was on a sacrifice bunt.
* Tennessee Wesleyan lost 6-3 and won 8-6 in AAC softball Tuesday at Montreat, leaving the Lady Bulldogs 10-8 overall and 3-1 in the league. Briana Muller hit a two-run homer and Baylee Sutton and Laken Collier each was 2-for-3 in the loss for TWU, and Sutton was 3-for-4 with a homer, a double and four RBIs in the win, when Rachel Percy was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Alyssa King hit a pinch-hit two-run homer.
* The Sewanee softball team ended its spring-break trip to Florida with a 5-0 loss to Northwestern Ohio on Monday and 16-2 and 19-1 losses to the same team Tuesday. Caroline Sweetin was 2-for-2 in the first game of the three for Sewanee (1-17), and in the finale Rachel Hoffman doubled and singled and scored the run.
Basketball
* Two players from Georgia Cumberland Academy, team captains Hannah Carr and Olivia Williams, recently signed enrollment papers to continue their basketball careers with Georgia Northwestern. “They are really good students and really good athletes as well,” GNTC coach David Stephenson said in a school release. “I’m happy to get them both.” Williams pointed out that the two used to compete against each other but have played together the last four years and are delighted to continue the connection. “Olivia is a scrapper,” Stephenson said. “She loves basketball. She’s got long arms and we don’t think she’s finished growing yet. Hannah is a good ball-handler, and she’ll bring a lot of tenacity to our program.”
* The Tennessee Rising Stars AAU 10th-grade girls’ basketball team won the March Madness tournament this past weekend in Cleveland. The team includes Bailey Anderson, Sarah Edwards, Sindy McElhenney, Sara Knipp, Victoria Payne, Lacey Roberts, Alivia Smith, Brooklyn Whaley and Valdasha Whaley.
Lacrosse
* Sewanee goalie Selby Austin was chosen the Southern Athletic Association men’s lacrosse defensive player of the week for his work in the Tigers’ 13-4 SAA win over Centre. Austin had eight saves and a .643 save percentage.